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T & A Textiles Hosiery Limited v Hala Textile UK Limited [2015] EWHC 2888 IPEC24 September 2015Ashton Chantrielle appeared for the Defendants, Hala Textile. T&A Textiles alleged infringement of artistic copyright in the drawings of eleven floral bed linen designs and infringement of a UK registered design in respect of packaging. Hala Textile counterclaimed that the registered design was invalid and brought an action for groundless threats of proceedings for design […]
Absolute Lofts South West London Ltd v Artisan Home Improvements Ltd [2015] EWHC 2608 (IPEC)14 September 2015Tom Jones recently appeared for the Defendants, Artisan Home Improvements Ltd, in a 1 day IPEC trial on liability and quantum concerning photographic copyright. The claim was about photographs of loft conversions appearing on the Claimant’s website. It was alleged that the Defendants had copied those photographs and used them on their own loft conversions […]
Warner-Lambert v Actavis [2015] EWHC 2548 (Pat)10 September 2015This case concerned Warner-Lambert’s second medical use patent EP (UK) No. 0934061 with claims in Swiss form. The claims were directed to the use of the compound pregabalin for the treatment of pain. Warner-Lambert marketed pregabalin under the trade mark Lyrica for the treatment of neuropathic pain. Mylan and Actavis challenged the validity of the […]
Wobben v Siemens [2015] EWHC 2114 (Pat)20 July 2015Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC and James Abrahams appeared for the Claimant (“Wobben”) in this infringement and validity trial relating to Wobben’s patent concerning the operation of variable speed, variable pitch (“VSVP”) wind turbines at high wind speeds. James Whyte appeared as junior counsel for the Defendants (collectively “Siemens”) who denied infringement and claimed the patent was […]
VPG Systems UK Limited v Air Weight Europe Limited [2015] EWHC 1862 (IPEC)1 July 2015On 1 July 2015 his Honour Judge Hacon handed down judgment in VPG Systems UK v Air-Weigh Europe [2015] EWHC 1862 in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court. The action concerned alleged infringement of VPG’s patent for a type of on-board vehicle weighing system which uses an accelerometer or inclinometer to measure the change in angle […]